Who penned the poem 'My Last Duchess'?

• 'My Last Duchess':
- It is a famous poem written by Robert Browning.
• Victorian Period এর বিখ্যাত সাহিত্যিক Robert Browning রচিত Rhyming couplets এ লেখা এটি ৫৬ লাইনের একটি কবিতা।
- ১৮৪২ সালে এটি Browning এর Dramatic Lyrics এর অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ে প্রকাশিত হয়।
- Duke of Ferrara is the speaker of the poem 'My Last Duchess.'
- এটি রবার্ট ব্রাউনিং রচিত অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ Dramatic Monolouge.
- The poem’s narrator is the duke of Ferrara, who comments dispassionately on the portrait of his late wife hanging on the wall, remarking on the duchess’s innocence and character.

• Robert Browning: (1812-89)
- One of the major English poets of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic -monologue and psychological portraiture.
- He is famous for his dramatic monologues. So, he is often called the father of dramatic monologue.
- His wife Elizabeth Barrett was also a poet of that time.

• Notable Works:
• Books of poems:
- Men and Women;
- Dramatic Lyrics;
- The Ring of the Book.

• Other Poems:
- Bishop Blougram’s Apology;
- Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day;
- Dramatis Personae;
- Fra Lippo Lippi;
- Men and Women;
- My Last Duchess
- Andrea Del Sarto, etc.

Source: Britannica.com